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6 December 2015 Le Figaro (France): Quatre climatologues de renom lancent un appel en faveur d’un essor du nucléaire Quatre climatologues de renom lancent un appel en faveur d’un essor du nucléaire Le Figaro, Mis à jour le 03/12/2015 à 21h37 | Publié le 03/12/2015 à 19h47 Par Tristan Vey Les énergies renouvelables seules ne suffiront pas à enrayer le réchauffement estiment quatre scientifiques, qui préconisent le recours temporaire au nucléaire afin de gagner du temps. Quatre éminents climatologues ont lancé hier au Bourget, en marge de la COP21, un appel pour «une expansion majeure de l’énergie (…)
6 December 2015 SRF (Switzerland): Frankreich hat ein Nuklear‑Problem Frankreich hat ein Nuklear-Problem SRF, Montag, 30. November 2015, 14:29 Uhr Klaus Ammann Frankreich brüstet sich gern mit dem tiefen CO2-Ausstoss seiner Stromproduktion: 58 Atomreaktoren liefern drei Viertel des französischen Stroms – praktisch ohne Kohlendioxid zu verursachen. Doch die französische Atomindustrie ist in einer tiefen Krise. Die Nuklearindustrie ist eine Macht in Frankreich: Nach der Automobil- und der Luftfahrtindustrie ist sie die Nummer drei. Rund 250 Firmen mit (…)
1 November 2015 Power (US): On the Nuclear Frontier: New Designs Aim to Replace LWRs On the Nuclear Frontier: New Designs Aim to Replace LWRs Power, 11/01/2015 | Kennedy Maize eneration III nuclear reactors have not shown much ability to overcome the weaknesses of conventional Gen-II light-water reactor technology, offering at best evolutionary approaches. Is there room for a more revolutionary approach? Many parties are exploring new technologies, but it’s impossible to tell which, if any, will succeed. Last August, Andy Revkin, The New York Times’s “Dot Earth” (…)
1 November 2015 The Economist (UK): The future of nuclear energy—Half‑death The future of nuclear energy Half-death Nuclear power emits no greenhouse gases, yet it is struggling in the rich world The Economist, Oct 31^st 2015 | From the print edition PENNSYLVANIA has played a big role in the history of American energy. Coal has been mined there since the 1760s (Pennsylvania is sometimes called “the coal state”). In 1859 Edwin Drake drilled a rickety well that set off America’s first oil rush. More recently it has produced more natural gas than any other state (…)
27 October 2015 Montel (Norway): UK’s Hinkley “could be EDF’s Waterloo” – expert [UK’s Hinkley “could be EDF’s Waterloo” – expert >http://www.montel.no/StartPage/SubPage.aspx?id=646906] Montel, 23 October 2015 The controversial plan to build new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point in south-west England could still be thwarted despite deals announced this week between the UK government, French utility EDF and Chinese investors, experts told Montel. The project could even turn into “EDF’s Waterloo, exactly two hundred years after Napoleon’s defeat”, said Mycle (…)
16 October 2015 Politico (US): New York nuclear plants phase out, challengingly New York nuclear plants phase out, challengingly By David Giambusso 5:50 a.m. | Oct. 16, 2015 One doesn’t have to look hard in New York and throughout the region to see that the nuclear power industry has hit a rough patch. The James FitzPatrick nuclear plant in Oswego County may be closing. The Ginna plant is on life support. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he wants to close Indian Point. Those closings and potential closings, combined with closure of Vermont Yankee in December and the (…)
10 September 2015 Deutsche Welle (Germany): France tilting toward nuclear phase‑out France tilting toward nuclear phase-out Deutsche Welle Date 09.09.2015 Author Gero Reuter / rr As the traditionally strong French nuclear power industry continues to be plagued by technical and financial difficulties, the government has sought to cut nuclear power in favor of renewables. French Environment Minister Ségolène Royal sparked rebuke Tuesday (08.09.2015) by tying shutdown of the country’s oldest nuclear plant to the opening of an EPR reactor that has been delayed for six (…)
7 September 2015 Les Echos (France): Des retards généralisés sur les chantiers Des retards généralisés sur les chantiers Les Echos, 4 septembre 2015 Anne Feitz / Journaliste | Le 04/09 à 07:00 Au moins 16 des 18 réacteurs de 3 e génération en construction démarreront en retard. Où en sont les chantiers des autres réacteurs dans le monde ? Selon le dernier rapport World Nuclear Industry Status Report réalisé par le consultant Mycle Schneider (un ancien de Wise, connu pour ses positions peu favorables au nucléaire), les trois quarts des réacteurs en construction (…)
1 September 2015 DSTV (South Africa): SA’s Nuclear Future (Video) SA’s Nuclear Future Carte Blanche, DSTV, 30 August 2015 South Africa’s government is forging ahead with its ambitions to acquire nuclear energy and wants the first reactor online by 2023. While the Department of Energy wants to finalise a strategic partner by the end of the year and has signed framework agreements with the Russians, the Americans, the Chinese, the French and the South Koreans, the programme remains shrouded in secrecy. Is the project viable? And, what is the true cost? (…)
1 September 2015 Reuters (UK/Japan): Japan nuclear power outlook bleak despite first reactor restart Japan nuclear power outlook bleak despite first reactor restart Reuters, Green Business | Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:31pm EDT TOKYO | By Kentaro Hamada and Aaron Sheldrick The number of Japanese nuclear reactors likely to restart in the next few years has halved, hit by legal challenges and worries about meeting tougher safety standards imposed in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, a Reuters analysis shows. The country has been inching back to nuclear energy, turning on its first reactor in (…)

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